Essays on religion and human rights : ground to stand on / David Little.
"This collection of essays by David Little addresses human rights in relation to the historical settings in which its language was drafted and adopted. Featuring five original essays, Little articulates his view that fascist practices before and during World War II vivified the wrongfulness of...
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Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword by John Kelsay; Introduction; Part I. In Defense of Rights; 1 Ground to Stand On: A Philosophical Reappraisal of Human Rights Language; 2 Critical Reflections on The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn; Part II. Religion and Rights; 3 Religion, Human Rights, and the Secular State: Clarifications and Some Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Responses; 4 Religion, Human Rights, and Public Reason: Protecting the Freedom of Religion or Belief; 5 Rethinking Religious Tolerance: A Human Rights Approach.
- 6 A Bang or a Whimper? Assessing Some Recent Challenges to Special Protection for Religion in the United States7 Religion and Human Rights: A Personal Testament; Part III. Religion and the History of Rights; 8 Religion, Peace, and the Origins of Nationalism; 9 Roger Williams and the Puritan Background of the Establishment Clause; Part IV. Public Policy and the Restraint of Force; 10 Terrorism, Public Emergency, and International Order: The U.S. Example, 2001-2014; 11 The Role of the Academic in Times of War; 12 Obama and Niebuhr: Religion and American Foreign Policy.
- Afterword: Ethics, Religion, and Human ConsciousnessAppendix: Ethics and Scholarship; Index.